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SFEC'FCATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 339,579, dated April 6,1886. Application filed January l1l 1886. Serial No. 188.221. (No model.)

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Beit known that I, GEORGE l?. PRICE, of Carlisle, in the county of Narren and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Gates; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and eX- act description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use it, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form part of this specification.

illy invention relates to an improvement in gates; and it consists in, iirst, the combination of the gate with the diagonal brace-rods,which are applied to opposite sides of the gate and jointed together at any suitable point, and the rod which passes up over the top of the gate and catches in notches or over stops, whereby the gate can be held in any desired position at its outer free end; second, the arrangement and' lcombination of parts, which will be more fully described hereinafter.

The object of 1ny invention is to provide a gate with brace-rods, which are applied to opposite sides, and which rods are made in two parts, so that a tighteningrod, which is applied to the brace-rods at their joints, can be made to take up all sag in the gate, and the gate held in a suspended position at one end, so that small stock may pass freely under it, and so that the gate may be opened and closed over snow-drifts.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a gate enr bodying my invention, showing the gate in a horizontal position. Fig. 2 is a similar View showing the gate in a raised position. Fig. 3 is a vertical section of the gate, taken upon the line a1 fr of Fig. l.

A represents an ordinary farm-gate, B, the post to which it is hinged; C, the post against which the gate closes, and D the hinges. Those portions o'l the hinges which are attached directly to the gate are made from single pieces of metal, and are secured to the gate by means of the bolts F.

The different parts oi' the gate are hinged together, in the usual manner, so that the gate may be kept either in ahorizontal position, as shown in Fig. l, or have its free end raised upward, as shown in Fig. 2, so that it can be readily opened` over snow drifts, or so that small animals can readily pass under it from one field to the other without allowing the large animals to pass through. Applied to opposite sides of this gate are the two brace-rods G, each one of which is made in three separate and distinct pieces. The lower and middle pieces are connected together at their inner ends by means of the rings H, which form iiexible joints in the rods, so that they can be raised upward, as shown in Fig. 2, when it is desired to hold the free end of the gate in a raised position, as shown in Fig. 2. rlhe iniddle and upper portions of the rods are connected together by a turn-buckle, I, or any other equivalent fastening device, by means of which the rods can be shortened or lengthened at will, either for the purpose of making the rods upon opposite'sides of the gate exactly the same length or for the purpose of shortening the rods to take up any sag in the free end of the gate. In case the rods G are not exactly of the same length, all the weight of the gate cornes upon a single rod alone, instead of being distributed equally over them both. These rods G extend diagonally across the gate, and are secured in position at their upper ends by means of the bolt F, which passes through and secures the hinge to the gate.

Connected to the two rings H, which connect two of the parts of the rods G together. is a tighteningrod, J, which passes up over the top of the gate, and which catches in the notches O, which are :made in the top edge of the top panel, as shown. These notches O willu be protected from wear and injury in any suitable manner. W'hen it is desired to raise the free end of the gate upward, as shown in Fig. 2, it is only necessary to force the upper end of the rod J forward in the notches O in proportion to the height that it is desired to raise the end of the gate. In proportion as the free end of the gate is raised upward the rods G are deflected from a straight line, and the upper end of the rod J is moved forward toward the outer end of the gate. The upper ends ofthe rods G being fastened directly to the hinged bolt F the whole weight of the gate is brought to bear immediately upon the hinge, and thus the gate is much less likely to sag than if the upper ends of the rods G were connected directly to the gate itself.

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Having thus described my invention, I nal brace rods G, which are connected toclaimgether by means of the rings H, vand the tight- 1. The combination of the gate, the two ening-rod J,Wl1ich passes up over the edge of brace-rods which are connected to opposite the gate and catches in the notches O, sub- 15 5 corners of the gate and which are loosely constantially as described.

nected at their inner ends, and the U-shaped In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in tightening-rod which passes up over the top presence of two witnesses.

edge of the gate and engages with notches GEORGE P. PRICE. which are formed in the top edge of the top Vitnesses: 1o bar of the gate, substantially as shown. J. M. DACHTLER, 2. The combination of the gate7 the diago E. J. SWINK. 

